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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-04-29
SLANRsVILLE. April 10.


MIR. Editor:-We are having n
fine rain to-day, which WIS being
badly needed, as scarcely bud had
put forth. Mr. Sylvester Bennett.
who has been i'll for long time,
died, at his home, near here, on the
night ofthe 18th his remains were
conducted, after prayer and exhor-
tatioD, by Mr.. w. Smith to the old
Mal:ck buryiug ground, near Pleas.
ant Dale, followed ty a large con-
course OF mourning relatives and
friends. Last fall. Mr.. Il. was con-
nected with the NJ E. Church South.
and died III the hoFe Of eternal life.
ID. w. Oglesbee & Fro. have re e.
turned from New York aud Balti.
more where they have been pur-
chasing gOods-v lille in New York
they bad the pleasure of hearing
Rev. M. TaImage preach.
Mr.. Hawkins will be found We
ry pleasant and entertaining i'm the
mill at North River Mills, and Mr.
Henderson says he will go 10 no
other mill. Mr.. Samuel Stump
and Dir Frank Light had Powe or
fnl trip to Cumberland recently
1t looks "a though they NAV 90
again. We noticed the smiling face
OF MIR. Charles Leith, of FORKS o.
Capon, Oh Short street yesterday
lie 10 always n welcome visitor
The Sabbath school at Salem, il
progressing nicely, having doubled
the enrolment eecond SUNDAY
We have an excellent COZ Us of teach
ers. SlanesvilIe Is improving il
the way of fencing, roofing, &c
and we think the next move shoul,
be, to pave the streets, Incorporate
tho town, and elect d Mayor. &c
Ask Joocs shrimp ii Lo won't &C
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-04-29
RoMs.Y. April 25, 1887.

Major Harper We deem it
eminently proper that an efficient
teacher az Mr.. Fravel is, and who
has done as much good among the
youth of this county as he has, in
the course OF SO years. teaching.
should be recognized through the
press as public benefactor, and
suitably rewarded by the people.
We have had considerable expe-
rience in this business ourselves in
the last ten years. and have seen
the work of the best teachers in the
county in that time. but we can
truly cay that for ability to control
and interest pupils. toimpart knowl.
edge, and especially to train them
up i'll the way they should CO." and
leave lasting impression for good
on their minds, we have yet TO meet
his equal. We write this at the
request of patronsoi several schools
where he has taught, who believe
with US. that man who deserves
such praise should be made to KIN, w
that the public recognize aud ap-
preciate the value of his services
Respectfully, w.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-04-29

HE President Is said to be maks
ing up for lost time, and large mum.
bers Of DEMOCRATS are daily given
soft places held by Republicans for
years
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-04-29

cept the office of County Suporin-
tendent as a demonstration OF our
faith in his ability to ill the Office
with dignity OXYGEN.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-04-29
CAroN Br1DeE, April q.

Some changes are taking place
here, Mir. Amos Pugh and j. T..
Fisher have both sold out their
stock OF goods. the former to
Messrs. &C Oper & Halnes. and the
latter to MIR. K. Zepp. Mr.. Charl.
ca Zapp Is having several mic e
dwelling houses built. There was
a considerabl BILE rain here Saturday
Yours, Fox.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-04-29
Charles Washington, defendant.

The general object Of this suit is to enforce
the vendors lieu for the -ppaid purchase
money Of the tract OF land in said county
sold to the defendant by Wm. 8. Hook, Er
etutor OF Samuel Hook. and to have a eale
OF said land to pay sal d purchase money and
costs OF suit and for general relief.
And II appearing from IN affidavit that
the de endsnt is a pon-resident of the State
oil West virginia II is ordered that said
non resident defendant do sppesr here with
10 one month from the date Of the frs, pub
LEGATION hereof, and do Whist is necessary TO
protect his interest in THE suit Teste,
V. a. Pol ING, CLERK
apS-N Circuit Court Hampshire county.
3. l.. Flournoy Alto for plaintiff
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N. II. MILLS, April lS.

Mr. Editor.--We are having a
fine rain 10 day. MIR. Daniel VOL
ford will move in his new house
this week. MIR. Sylve ster Bennett
was buried yesterday. The school
at this place will close the 22d and
good time expected. Mr.. J. NJ.
Hockman's horses ran Off and broke
the wagon very buddy. Mr.. Il. S
Kidwell will ute some fertilizer on
his corn this season, lie purchased
some of Benefits fertilizer and
stored it In an old shop, the roof
being bad it was damaged by the
rain; this will not be q fair test of
the fertilizer. Mrs. Lizzie Edwards
is quite Ill. Mrs. Eliza Henderson
and son paid visit to her brother,
Mr.. Evan Hiett, who ia quite ill
with a cancer. Messrs. Taylor and
Hiett Edwards have improved their
firms by paling their gardens. ELI.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-04-29
NOTICE TO NON.RESIDENTS

M EST VIRGINIA, To wrr-Atrules held
w ia the Clerks Office Of the Circuit
Court Of Hampshire county, on the Fret
Monday 10 January 1887.
Nimrod Whitacre, Administrator de bonis
Ion With the will spnexed ct Samuel hook,
decd, plaintiff,
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-04-29

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turuisl tliF ufii horses .l.I We ci.r.. s.Dfe
totue uusiucsa. Slarc moments Iua 10 IayLt 4f3v
employ - sl a rev vacanciss in towns AMI fftIea
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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-04-29
LITTLE CAPoN, April 90.

| A<A' NE hptti sOS
Mr.. Harper As nothing has
been in your dear old paper from
this end OF the county l will send
you few items. Our ne ghSor-
hood has been visited by sick ,ess
too, and the family Of William B.
Grant Is sadly bereavedby the deaf b
OF their dear little baby Bessie with
membranous Group. She was only
Il months old, but the Idol of the
whole family, so bright and attrac-
tive, and new that she is in the arms
OF our dear Saviour l trust her pa
rents will realize that they have a
darling among the angels, ard as
she eau not come back to them that
they will prepare to meet her in
that Better Land where pain and
sickness and sorrow and death ne.
yer enter; but where all is joy and
life and love. Fond parents look
up, 1T is we'll with your child" for
the Saviour said "sutfer the little
ones to come unto me-" Bessie is
Bessie is happy-Bessie is
waiting for you.
On the 18th young boy about
16 gears old was found between
the two tracks of the Baltimore aud
Ohio railroad between this place
and Paw Paw he was terribly cut
up, a large flesh WON d across his
left eye, skull good deal fractured
and one foot mashed; it ls supposed
he tried to Jump on a passing train
and fell. Our friend Mr.. William
lass is making Dig improvements
he is nearly through his spring plow-
ing. Mr.. Tobias Stickley is farm
ing for him. Wheat is Lot looking
well in this section.
Mr.. Ii. Spicer. from Hancock, is
visiting friends here and is heartily
welcomed by all for he is so jockey
and jovial. George b. d Grant
had his finger badly mashed at
Connellsville while coupling cars
and had 10 give up work f. @.
ral weeks; but he hopes TO DC cot
soon. The weather is very cold
and we are glad to see the rain.
Hope the fruit was not killed by
the freeze last night Yours, very
truly, WOULD BE-.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

A SYNDICATE of Cincinnati capitalist
has purchased the Soddy Coal Coupany's
property near Chattanooga, Tenn, com
prising 6O0J acres of mineral and farming
lands.
THE President on the 2Sth appointed
Daniel A. Carpenter pension agent at
Knoxville, Tenn.
PAUL TULANE, the philanthropst and
founder of the Tulane University at New
Orleans, died at Princeton, N. j., on the
2Sth, aged Sc.
IT is now regarded as settled that AS
sistant Secretary Fairchild will succeed
Mr.. Manning as Secretary of the Treas
ury.
THERE was a novel contest at Nuttall,
W. Va, on the 26th, witnessed by large
crowd. 1t was bloody fight between
vicious mountain wild. cat and an English
bull dog. After hot fight of several
hours the dog won by killing the cat.
AT Portsmouth, Ohio, on the 25th, Chas.
Williams, aged Is, fatally shot Benjamin
Ball, aged 7G. Ball had gone into Will
liams' house to demonstrate against build
ing bonfire near his premises by young
Williams, when the boy attacked him with
a revolver.
In New York, on the 25th, So, 900 worth
of gambling utensils were burned at police
headquarters.
A BILL requiring railway companies to
furnish annual passes, good in the State,
to all mem bers of the Legislature, elective
State officer and members of the courts OF
record, was passed by the Winconsin Leg
islature oa the 26th.
HIRAM BARRY, the oldest printer in the
South, died at Knoxville, Tenn, ON the
26th, aged 81 years. He entered the Knox
vile Register office when IA years Old, and
has been at the case ever since.
PAT GUNNAN and Mat Turney, boys and
stowaways, were found in the hold of the
steamer Kansas, which arrived at Boston
on the 2jth, fourteen days from Liverpool
All the food that the two young men were
able to obtain was the particles of wheat
taken from the cracks in the steamer, anc
all the water they could get was that fur
nished by the sweat of the steamer.
THE steamer Chesapeake, running il
the trade between Memphis and Upton
vile, was burned to the waters edge OF
the oath. The passengers lost nearly al
of their personal effects in making thei
hurried fight from the burning vessel.
LOUISVILLE, KY, is in a state of aston
ishment at an unexpected and enormous
increase in the volume Of real estate trans
actions. The trainers last week aggre
gate 81 ,22l 900.
john KAoPTEs was found dead in hi
bed at Chicago on the 18th, having beef
suffocated by escaping gas. He blew GU
the gas on retiring.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02
THE CORONET WINS.


Arrival of the Winning Yacht at Queenstown
After Rough but Otherwise Uncventfu
PaSsage-The Dauntless Sighted Few
Hours After tho Arrival of the CorOnet.
CORK, March 2Z-The schooner yacht
Coronet passed the winning point at 1850
p. m. to-day under full sail and in almost
as good condition as when she left New
York All on board were well. the
nearest approach to an accident having
occurred Friday night last when one OF
the seamen on the jib-boom, while slowing
the Iib, was swept off by a strong sea He
caught one of the stay-ropes, how.
ever, and was none the worse for
his bath. The schooner encounter
ed series of the heaviest gales
known on the Atlantic With but slight
lntermissions the yacht was carried along
by westerly gales accompanied by rain,
thunder and lightning. The vessel be-
haved finely, riding the waves better than
any of the sailing vessels met during the
voyage. The fastest single days run was
made yesterday, when, with favorable
winds, the yacht sailed 300 miles. The
actual time OF the voyage was fourteen
days, nineteen hours and three minutes.
The course taken, contrary to Captain
Crosby's first idea, was almost true to the
regular ocean highway, the route for the
first three days being little more south
erly on account Of expected icebergs.
When the Dauntess was lost sight Of at
six o'clock on the day of departure the
wind was blowing heavy enough to keel
the Coronet way over and shoot her
through the water at the rate of fourteen
knots at hour. The toughest sea was en-
countered on St Pdtrick's Day, when the
vessel was washed from stem to stern by
each succeeding wave and threw the
spray far up into the sails
Tuesday and Wednesday last the Yacht
was almost becalmed, but the sea ran very
highly. Only ninety miles was made dur
ing these two days. None of the steamers
or sailing vessels sighted were near
enough to spe ak, and other than the
tremendous weather encountered the voy
age produced no salient features.
On board the COronet were. Captai G.
S. Crosby; navigator j. B. c. Anderson;
first mate VIM. a. Whittier; second mate
Otto Petersen, boatswaln August Berg
holm; steward Edward Locklin; cooks
Mantell and Morton; j. N. Winslow, rep
resentiug the Dauntless: lieutenent King,
U. s. N; press repres entatives McComb,
Matthews and Rice, and fifteen able sea-
men.
THE DAUNTLESS SIGHTED.
LONDON, March 27.-The Dauntless was
sighted off Roche's Point this evening.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02
FAMlSHED FOREIGNERS.

RavenOus Attack by the Rescued Pas
sengers Upon the Food Provided for
Them at Castle Garden-A Destitute
Lot.
New York, March 2S-The officials at
Castle Garden say that they never saw
sight to equal that presented by the
Italian immigrants who arrived there yes
terday on tugs and barges from the
wrecked Scotia. The people seemed
crazed with joy upon reaching solid
ground but as soon as they caught sight
of the counters where food had been piled
up ready to supply them, they forgot
every thing else and made a mad rush for
the spot. They fought like wild beasts in
their struggle to get within reach
of the provisions. The clerks quick
ly saw that it was no time for cere-
mony After a brief attempt to hand
the food out in some kind of order, the
word was given Throw it out and in an
instant hundreds of loaves of bread and
pieces of sausage were flying over the
heads of those nearest to the counter and
the famished emigrants on the edge of the
crowds, were tumbling over one another
in their frantic scramble for the tooth
some morsels. Loaves were seized by two
or three pairs of hands at once and torn
apart. Fights took place, and one man,
unable to snatch loaf from another, bit
savagely at it, and sank his teeth deep in-
to the fingers of the man who held it,
The people, besides being half-staved,
were in destitute condition. Many were
without shoes; others had no coats; few
had retained any head covering. They
were made as comfortable as possible in
the garden. The latest news from the
steamer indicates that she may be floated
and saved.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02
WANT TO CONFER.

The Montreal Boards of Trade Arranging
for an International Conference of Cana
dian and American Boards of Trade to
Discuss Our Commercial Relations.
MONTREAL Can, March 21-Prepara
lions are in progress by the local boards
of trade for holding an International con-
ference in this city at an early date of
delegates appointed by the boards Of
trade in all the chief cities of the United
States and Canada, to discuss the follow
ing platform and other matters of inter-
national interest that will be brought up
for consideration:
WHEREAS, It's imperative that all the diff
fculties now existing between Canada and the
United States should be settled, and that every
obstacle to friendly understanding and to the.
most extensive commercial relations should
disappear; and
WHEREAS, The diplomatic negotiations be-
tween the British and Washington govern
ments have eliminated. after twenty years OF
unfruitful conference, in hostile proceedings
and legislation threatening the peace and com
mercial prosperity of this continent; there
fore. be IL
ResOlrfd, That this board shall take the mi
tiative in calling an international congress OF
the Canadian and American boards OF trade to
discuss in afriendly spirit the pending Difficult
ties between both countries and TO arrive at a
solution satisfactory to all interests. That
this congress shall take place at Montreal
from the first to the third days OF June next,
and that invitations 10 attend shall be rendered
to all Canadian and American boards OF trade,
with a request that they give it their support;
and that a joint committee OF both Montreal
boards OF trade be appointed TO secure the sue
cess Of the international congress.
A very general response has so far
been received, and an influential attend
ance is anticipated. The hospitality of the
city will be extended to all who attend.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02

LIEUTENANT A. G. WHITEWATER, of
the navy, has been ordered to Paris to
represent the United States at the inter
national congress of astronomers, which
meets in that city April l6. After the
congress adjourns he will 20 to London,
Kew. Greenwich and Hamburg to inspect
she Observatories.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02

HARTFoRD, Conn, March 2S-Ehsha
Snow, farmer at Holland, aged sixty
five, who has been somewhat demented
for some time, killed his wife with an
axe yesterday, and then comm Tilted sui
eide by hanging.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02

= JUNE K. KIMNIA, of Aichi Ken, Japan, a
senior medical student at the Michigan
University, and Miss Mary M. Gallagher,
of East Saginaw, have just been married
at Ann Arbor Mr.. Kimnia proposes to
take his bride to Japan, and Mr. Gallagher
will let her go.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02

MUoH opposition is manifested through
out Mexico to the National administra-
toms tariff reductions, which are believed
to be exceptionally beneficial to American
enterprises
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02

BITTER ill-feeling has been renewed in
Germany at the severe tone Of criticisms
in French papers on the Emperor's birth
day and kindred topics. War talk is very
common.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02

AUsTRIA's representative at the Emper-
or's birthday festivities at Berlin has
been ordered to Vienna to give an official
report of his impressions regarding Ger
many's intentions.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02

THE Pennsylvania Board of Pardons, on
the 23d, refused rehearing in the case of
Milton Weston, the Chicago capitalist,
now undergoing Imprisonment in the
Riverside penitentiary for completely in
the Murraysville gas-well riots.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02

A CABLE dispatch was received from
Rome, announcing that the Holy Father,
motu proprio, desiring to show honor to
the Most Rev Archbishop Corrigan, has
named him prelate assistant to the pom
titical throne.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02

News comes from Washington that En-
glish syndicaUes are organizing to build
-four mills in Brazil. 1t is feared at Balti-
more that the success of the scheme will
materially injure Baltimore and st. Louis
milling interests.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02

The Montreal Board of Trade has called
an international congress of boards of
trade of Canada and the United States to
see if existing national differences can not
be tremendously adjusted.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02

CARDINAL GIBBONS took formal posses
sion of his titular church at Rome on the
25th. The proceedings were very impress
sive and elaborate and made up most
memorable day for Americans at the holy
city
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02

THE Comptroller of the Currency has au-
thorized the LaGrand National Bank of
LaGrand Ore, to commence business
with a capital of $4,000; also the First
National Bank of Aberdeen, Miss, with
$4,000 capital.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02

AN Italian named Franzini was arrested
at Paris on the 22i on charge of murder
ing Nine. Regnault and her maid. A
quantity of bloody clothing was found in
his apartment. Franzni has confessed.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02

New ORLEANS exports for the month Of
February reached $500, OS5, nearly double
either Boston or Baltimore for the same
month
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02

BR1GADIER-GENE&L ORLANDO B. Will
COX, commanding the Department of the
Missouri, will be placed on the retired list
April Is prox. The probabilities are that
Colonel Wesley Merritt, superintendent
of the West Point Military Academy will
succeed him.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.

THE passengers were all taken off the
stranded steamship Scotia, lying Off Fire
Island, N. Y, on the Goth.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02

PRESIDENT FITZGERALD of the Irish Ma
tional League has issued an appeal to
Americans, showing the condition of the
Irish people and explaining the newly
proposed coercive measures of the Tory
British Government.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02

THE evidence given in the case of the
fifteen Anarchists on trial at Vienna,
charged with being implicated in con-
spiracy to burn the city, is causing great
sensation. 1t is becoming evident that
only the failure of the plot saved the city
from almost total destruction.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02

IT is learned on good authority that Sec
rotary Manning's successor will not be
appointed before April /, the date upon
which Mr.. Manning's resignation takes
effect The belief still prevails that As
sistant Secretary Fairchild will receive
the appointment.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02

THE Commissioner of Pensions is in
formed of the arrest at Kansas City and
the impending trial of one Bragdon, alias
st. Clair, who has been fleeing pension
claimants by representing himself as an
officer of the bureau and receiving money
for promise to promote action upon
their claims.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02

MIR. PowDERLY has called convention
of the Knights Of Labor to meet at Har-
risburg, Pa, April s, to consider labor
bills now pending before the Legislature.
Members of the Legislature will be in
vited to confer with the convention as to
the merits of the measures in question.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02

THE altar service recently stolen from
st. Stephens Roman Catholic Church in
New York, was carried by John Taylor,
of No. IS Duffielj street, Brooklyn, to the
Second precinct police station of that city
on the 22d. He said he found it hidden in
a pile of castings in Adams street, Brook
lynn
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02

THE Chinese Minister at Washington
gave an elegant dinner on the evening of
the 26th. at which Chief Justice Waite
and several members of the diplomatic
corps were present. Minister Chang goes
TO Paris and Madrid during the summer,
returning to Washington in September
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-02

LONDON, March 21.-The Dauntless W
sighted off Roche's Polnt this evening.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-24
BASE BALL.
Some Close Contests Yesterday
among the Professionals.

among the Professionals.
BROOKLYN, September 23.-Brook-
lyn 6, Athletics 10.
BALTIMORE, September 23.-Metro-
politans, 7; Baltimore, Is.
INDIANAPOLIS vs.. WASHINGTON.
INDIANAPOLIS, September 23.-The
Washingtons lost the game to-day by
numerous errors. The weather was
extremely cold and some of the muffs
were quite excusable. The fielding of
the home team was sharp. Score,
indianapolis 5; Washington A.
~ ,-,.ss CHIC AGO VS.. BOSTON. a.
CHICAGO, September 23.-Chicago
won the first game from Boston to-day
by hard hitting and sharp fielding.
Score: Chicago 8, Boston 2.
The second game was played as
we'll as possible to the eighth inning,
when with the score tie, game was
called for ON account of darkness.
Score Boston 4, Chicago 4. by.
PITTsBURG VS.. PHILADELPHIA.
PTrsBURG, September 23.-The
home team was at the mercy of Fer
guson to-day, and was shut out be-
cause they could not hit him. Score ::
Pittsburg 0, Philadelphia 5.
DETROIT VS.. NEW YORK.
DETROIT, September 23.-The cold
weather had a depressing effect on
both teams and a ragged game was
the result. Score: Detroit IL, New
York g.